- Bidau Creole Portuguese
Infobox Language
name = Bidau Creole Portuguese
nativename =
region =Bidau ,Dili ,East Timor
extinct = 1960s
familycolor = Creole
fam1 =Creole language
fam2 =Portuguese Creole
fam3 = Malayo-Portuguese Creole
iso2=cpp |iso3=tvyBidau Creole Portuguese ("Português de Bidau") was a Portuguese-based creole language that was spoken in
Bidau , an eastern suburb ofDili ,East Timor until the 1960s, when the speakers shifted to standard Portuguese.Bidau Creole Portuguese grew out of the Portuguese spoken by settlers and "Mestiços" from Flores Island, influenced by languages introduced to the area by
military men fromLifau . It shares a number of features with nearby creoles such as Macanese.
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